The following scam attempts to use scare tactic to trick its victims into clicking on a malicious link. Notice the generic language, hidden link, and lack of mention of any service provider, all of these are tell tale signs of a scam. Please delete this message if you received it.

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The following is a scam in which the scammer is posing as VCU Help Desk. The scam will have the victim believe that their account has been flagged as a possible compromised account and in order to verify that the victim’s account is not compromised they will need to click a link.

Some signs that this is a scam are, the non business emails, the random capitalization, and the poor grammar. VCU help desk will never email you from an account not part of the university and they will be using a service account. Look at the email address it is random and is not reputable, never trust an email if you are not expecting one from the sender. The email also attempts to scare the user into believe they will lose access to their account unless they click said link.

The following is a scam where the scammer poses as a package delivery representative. The scam involves alerting the victim that a package meant for them is delayed. In order to see the updated information on their package the victim needs to click a link.

Some signs that this is a scam are the fact that; the user is not expecting a package, the scammer is emailing from a non-business email, and the name on the email is not the same as the email signature. The email signature claims to be from an automated system yet uses a personal account instead of a service account. All of these are signs that this is a scam.